Today's Opinions

To the editor;
In the April 9 edition of the Cynthiana Democrat, guest columnist Lisa Preston expressed her disappointment in how local leaders handle, or don’t, tobacco use by community youth. I found much of what she said right on target.
We, as a community, do not take the use of tobacco by our children seriously enough. Some adults even enable this addiction by providing children with this dangerous drug.
Yes, addiction, yes, drug.

Once again, after going through my column ideas folder of scribbled notes on church bulletins, saved emails and starts of columns I haven’t finished, I’m turning these random bits of miscellany into today’s column.
I hope some of these thoughts will be helpful to someone reading this.
•“How could a thorn ever be grace?” That’s from a song, “Strong,” that I heard at a church recently. Thorns hurt, and I was hurting that day.

It’s been a few weeks ago that I made a trip down south I-75 with my daughter on her quest for a new puppy. A 6-week-old Pomeranian, which is also a bundle of cuteness and fur, was the must-have on this day.

To the editor:
The Food Pantry would like to take this opportunity to thank the Cynthiana Democrat and all who participated in the 2015 Home and Garden Show and donated food and money for which we were the recipients.

By Sen. Steve West
I would like to thank the people of the 27th District for electing me to serve as your state senator. Although I only served in the Senate for the final two days of session, I was able to cast important votes for our district. Below is a list of the key pieces of legislation that came through the General Assembly in this short session: